Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-28
THE CoRONET
Beats the Dauntless in tia
Race. :
A Rough BUT QUICK PASSAGE
The Alaska Commercial Assoeiat tion
Opposing the Development I
of that Territory

Associated Press pisDatches to the HE1ALu.
LONDON, Marsh 27.-The Coronet a.
rived off Queenstown at 1880 oseloeIr
this morning. Nothing has been sesus
of the Dauntless. The Coroust passsd
the winning point at 1855 O'Clock, un---
der full prees of canvas. The wisd
was west-north west and fresh. In paau-
ing the given line, Roche's point, .victe-
rious, the yacht fired five gans, asA
the time was at once taken by the SEQ.
retary and the members Of The RoysI
Cork Yacht Club, who had been on he
lookout for her arrival. The club thsn
hoisted the signal announcing the Cor
cnet's arrival, various stations ans ver
ing. The wind was blowing hard. and
the Coronet entered COX barbor IN
spanking style, with all sails set and huns
ging the west shore. From start to h.ish
the Coronet experienced strong eAlxs.
with tremendous seas. On Tuesday I'D
Wednesday last she hove TO for severen
hours each day and made only ninety
miles in forty-eight hours. The 2ytraifs
run during the passage varied from 20
to 25O miles day. The spparent ,,t,e
occupied in the passage is fourteen tlnys.
twenty three hours. thirty four iniputee.
sixteen seconds, and the actual nns
computed on the Greenwich basis. ipnr-
teen days, nineteen hours. thirty seysn
minutes, fourteen seconds. The who)F
number of nautical miles sailed is S130.
The longest days run is 29I 81 msles
made on Saturday. March 26sb.
and the shortest, 3S 8 miles nade on
Tuesday, March pol. The weather
was uncommonly stormy even for this
season of the year, no less than seven
gales contributing to keep the sea in 8
ferment for eleven days Of the trip and
for two days the weather was 20 sewers
as to make the question of tho yachts
living throagh them somewhat doubtful.
She behaved splendidly, however, in ~
sorts of weather and proved herself oue
of the staunchest, if not one Of the fast
est vessels Of her size afloat. No scci-
dents happened to any Of the sailors, deu-
pite the great risks they were compelled
to undertake at times. With the excep-
tion of three torn sails and little broken
tackle, everything on board Of the boat
was in as good shape when the anchor
was dropped off Queenstown - when g
was raised off Tompkinsville, Staten
Island. 1t is thought that . much
quicker passage might have been made
had Captain Crosby carried more sail
on several occasions when the wind w.
light. but the sky threatening. He waa
very cautious, and his judgment was
controlled by the barometer, which was
much of the time below 20' cd
seldom above 30', the nominal hejahk
The course was made lite1S Ss6ro
northerly than was thought safe. but
fortunately no icebergs or field-iee were
encountered. .s.s, 4ia,gssstS
The number of persons on board the
Corouet was twenty-nine, including six-
teen sailors, five officers, steward, cook.
mess boy and five guests. The ofiiOerS
were: Captain, c. P. Crosby; naviear
tor, I. b. Anderson; mates, w. a
Whittier and Otto Robertson; boatswains
Augustus Borgholm. .Asss
The Coronet people believe that tbs
Dauntless will be "a to 80 hours later u
arriving. Captain Anderson says tha
weather was the worst he has ever expo-
rienced in all his LA Atlantic passssee.
New York, March 27.-Bush, owner
of the Coronet, says he will challenge
the Dauntless to race back to this port.
The rooms of the New York Yacht
Club were well filled to- day with mem.
bers of the club discussing thesresolt Of
the ocean race between the Coronet and
the Dauntless. 1t was the generally ex-
pressed opinion that the race settles the
fact of the Coronet's greater speed
and the superiority of the new
style yachts over those built
after old models. Many, however, Of
those present seemed inclined to with
hold their opinion until further particus
lars of the race could be obtained. It
was thought there might be some accis
dent which prevented the DauntIeu
from doing her best. There were sigua
of regret for "Collie" Colt, whose yacht
was rather favorite with the club.